India, Dec. 5 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has given a strict warning about the Ukraine war, saying that Moscow will only end the operation "after achieving its goals".

In an interview with India Today, Putin criticised the West, saying that Russia did not start the Ukraine war, but it was Kyiv's action under the influence of the West which dragged Russia into the conflict, which has been running for almost four years.

The Russian President revealed his endgame in Ukraine and said that the war with Kyiv will end once Russia achieves its goals, including "liberating Donbas".

"Our special military operation isn't the start of a war, but rather an attempt to end one that the West ignited using Ukrainian nationalists," he said.

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